Gemma Collins vows to lose weight naturally  

Gemma Collins motivated her Instagram followers on Friday with a rousing speech about her latest health kick. 

The TOWIE star, 42, has always been candid about her weight loss struggles and in her latest video she revealed she was kickstarting a new slimming regime. 

Being filmed in her garden by her personal trainer, Gemma sported a black crop top and leggings. 

Flushed in the face after a sweaty workout session, the bubbly blonde told her 2.2 million followers: ‘That is my exercise done for the day! If anyone is struggling today, get up.

‘I have been moving and I feel amazing. I feel invigorated im ready for my weekend. Yes I’ve been sweating, yes I’m in terrible pain this week, but no pain no gain.’

Gemma continued: ‘A lot of people say to me, “Gemma you’ve struggled with your weight for so long, just go and have the operation,” but there’s just still that part in me that wants to do it naturally and doesn’t want to give up. 

‘I’m not knocking anyone who had the op because everyone’s story is different, but for me I’m a bit scared of operations.

So this is going to take me a while but I really feel positive this time. Health is wealth. 

‘You can have all the money in the world but if you don’t feel healthy honeys, you don’t have nothing.

‘So if you’re feeling unmotivated today, get up, get moving, just feel yourself, breathe, move and you are going to be just fine!’ 

Last year, Gemma shed an impressive 3.5 stone and revealed her salad consumption has left her ‘verging on a Kardashian’.

Speaking exclusively to MailOnline, she  said: ‘I think it comes down to being happy, now I manage my day and I make sure I have my breakfast in the morning. 

‘I’m verging on a Kardashian at the moment I’ve been eating so many Caesar salads’.

Working out: The TOWIE star, 42, has always been candid about her weight loss struggles and in her latest video she revealed she was kickstarting a new slimming regime

Looking good: Being filmed in her garden by her personal trainer, Gemma sported a black crop top and leggings

When asked if she would ever consider undergoing weigh-loss surgery like her ex-boyfriend James Argent, Gemma exclaimed: ‘No! never’.

James, who dated Gemma on and off from 2011 until 2013, recently lost an incredible 14 stone after undergoing gastric sleeve surgery.

Gemma continued: ‘Some people need it [surgery] and I get it and they have to make their choices for them, but I don’t need it. I’m beautiful, I’m big, I’m successful, what more could I want out of life?’

After the results of his gastric sleeve surgery in 2021 saw him drop from 27 to 14 stone, Arg was left with excess skin around his stomach, causing further self-esteem issues that he needed to tackle. 

As a result, Arg went under the knife again this year for a tummy tuck, which involves removing excess fat and skin and restoring weakened muscles to create a smoother and firmer abdominal profile. 

Case of the ex: Gemma has insisted she would never go under the knife and have weight loss surgery like her ex-boyfriend James Argent (pictured on Sunday)